What is the meaning of the statement: (until the middle of the night)?
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The questioner : What is the meaning of Sahih Muslim 612d the middle?
The Shaykh : There is a middle of the night and a non-middle of the night.
The questioner : Some scholars prefer the half.
The Shaykh : And it is so.
The questioner : Some of them defined the middle of the night as meaning it is not long ... and not short ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct, because the half of the night, whether it is long or short, and the term "middle" means that which is in the middle of the night.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, but to clarify the reality. As for the middle third of the night, this is clear, meaning there are two thirds: the first third of the night, and likewise the second. Yes, that is right.
up to the middle of the average night
إلى نصف الليل الأوسطThe Shaykh : There is a middle of the night and a non-middle of the night.
The questioner : Some scholars prefer the half.
The Shaykh : And it is so.
The questioner : Some of them defined the middle of the night as meaning it is not long ... and not short ...
The Shaykh : No, that is not correct, because the half of the night, whether it is long or short, and the term "middle" means that which is in the middle of the night.
The questioner : ...
The Shaykh : No, but to clarify the reality. As for the middle third of the night, this is clear, meaning there are two thirds: the first third of the night, and likewise the second. Yes, that is right.